The $80 Smartphone Challenge #Helpful Post

hey guys this is Austin I recently

checked out a 150 dollar smartphone but

what happens when you bring that budget

down to $80 show that to MetroPCS for

sponsoring this video

this is the Alcatel a 30 Perce typically

for $1 you really shouldn't expect much

out of a smartphone but at least on

paper this looks decent take a look

inside the box and the first thing we

see is two free months of Amazon music

unlimited so they're actually a couple

of different Amazon tie-ins with this

phone specifically actually does have a

lexis support if you guys want the code

it's all yours so we were definitely

well into the budget into the spectrum

here but it actually doesn't feel too

bad in the hand so yes it is a little

bit on the larger side with a five and a

half inch screen and yes it is made out

of plastic but it feels reasonably

sturdy it does have this kind of

interesting textured finish pop off the

back and the first thing you'll see is a

giant please do not remove this battery

under any circumstances warning but

above that now I do have a micro SD card

slot but also where we put our semmen

hardware wise this has pretty much

everything you would expect so now you

have a headphone jack but you also do

have a micro USB port would have been

nice to see USB see but it doesn't

really matter at this price point and

you also do have the volume rocker as

well as the slightly textured power

button this guy is rocking a 5.5 inch

720p IPS display so just like with the

Moto e 4 plus it's nice to have a big

display and the resolution even looks a

little bit low really isn't too bad for

a budget device so it does get

reasonably bright however a couple areas

where you can notice the budget price

come through is with color reproduction

in the actual feel of the display it

just doesn't feel quite as premium as

something higher-end with Gorilla Glass

4 video I feel like the bigger display

actually is a really nice feature and

while the audio isn't amazing it's a lot

better than a lot of other budget phones

just because it does have a single front

firing speaker it's not stereo but it

definitely does sound a lot better than

something coming out the bottom or the

back of the phone it also does have that

support for Amazon Alexa so if you

double tap the power button who is

Austin evidence

it also doesn't have the fingerprint

sensor which is especially nice to see

on such a budget device so it works just

as you expect put your finger on it it

will immediately unlock the phone and

get you straight into it spec wise it's

pretty standard so we have a quad-core

MediaTek 67 38 processor 2 gigabytes of

RAM as well as 32 gigs of storage that

is expandable with that micro SD card

slot so what might not be a huge value

add having 32 gigs of storage on an

$80.00 phone is actually kind of nice

it's not like you know you can pay $600

for a 16 gig phone somewhere else or

anything inside it has a 3000 milliamp

hour battery that's about the same size

as a lot of flagships but because of the

power sipping internals this should

easily be able to last a day and of

course since it's running on metro pcs

you can get up to 2 lines for $75 a

month of unlimited data without gimmicks

like speed caps

so far the 830 seems like a completely

decent budget Android phone but I want

to put it through a few challenges

asking for a friend

can it gain you definitely have to keep

in mind that this is a budget smartphone

but let's throw a few games I didn't see

what happened first off we have Super

Mario run this is not exactly an

incredibly graphically demanding game

and to be fair it's not these smoothest

framerate I've ever seen so that we are

dropping a couple frames here and there

but it's totally playable next we've got

mortal kombat x huh this actually works

pretty well yeah it's not gonna go blow

away like a console or something but

this looks totally fine last but not

least we have Real Racing 3 so

performance isn't amazing but again this

is an $80 phone that's essentially able

to run most of the graphically demanding

games that are available on Android are

you able to vlog this would be like if I

was a vlogger and it's 110 degrees

outside

I would just complain a lot for about

five minutes or so and then maybe move

on to something else can you livestream

so my first question is this is an $8

smartphone can you guys tell the

difference on Instagram live not bad not

bad looks good looks good for 80 bucks

yeah I totally think so can you take a

fast photo as if you see a celebrity you

never know when you find a wild kimball

ito in the wild ready and boom got it

not a very good picture but I got it

fast it's not perfect if you have a

little bit more budget to work with I

really do like the Moto e for plus but

for $80 the Alcatel a 30 is definitely

worth a look so what do you guys think

about the phone let me know in the

comments below and I will catch you in

the next one